[review] Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Released: December 1st, 2009
Published By: Little, Brown and Company
Series: Caster Chronicles #1
Pages:536 pages U.S. Hardcover
Source: Goodwill 

"There were no surprises in Gatlin County. 

We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere.

At least, that's what I thought.

Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong.

There was a curse.

There was a girl.

And in the end, there was a grave.

Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.

Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.

In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything."

Description from goodreads.com 

Review

So, you know how sometimes, when you are reading a book, you just can't put it down and you devour everything. With Beautiful Creatures, this was not the case. This book took 100 pages to get going, and 436 pages of stalling. Now, don't get me wrong, this book at potential. The concept was interesting  though predictable, the book had some Southern Gothic undertones to it, which i love, and the book had witches (okay, Casters). All things I LOVE. The main issue, was the main characters.

Lena & Ethan, I didn't really care about them. Lena was just a flat character, too angsty, and just all around annoying. Ethan was just too perfect. The only one in his small town to see and understand what was going on with Lena, and was just boring. The Insta-love also was annoying and each time they got the 'spark' i secretly hoped that Ethan would be electrocuted  I was hoping with the dreams and the mystery that was so promising with the story just crumbled.

With all the disappointment, there are some things i loved about the book. Ravenwood being one, I loved the house. The Description, the changes in furniture and style, 'kitchen', i think Ravenwood was one of the best characters in this story. Ethan's 3 Aunts, Loved them, they were spunky, fun and everyone has at least one of those crazy relatives in their family that you just love all their strange quirks.

So, in conclusion, This book is just a bit too much like Twilight for me, but with a male protagonist. I hoped so much for this book, but as per normal, the book didnt live up to the hype. The book was just too long, This story could have been told in about 330pages vs. 530 pages and would have had exactly the same effect on the reader (well... hopefully better effect).



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2 out of 5 stars